So I just learned that not all borders are fenced, very few of them are actually. So how are countries able to monitor thousands of kilometers of unfenced borders to fight off smuggling and illegal immigration ? Especially when it comes to long borders in arid/undeveloped areas, one example that comes to mind are the borders in Siberia.
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In the middle of nowhere, motion detectors and cameras.
Generally, people use roads and rivers, and such checkpoints are manned. You can’t drive a truck full of contraband through forest. And it isn’t terribly difficult to dig a trench in most sensitive areas, which would delay any vehicles or give enough time for border guard to notice and respond.
As for lone hero passing border on foot in the middle of nowhere, it’s rare and isn’t such a big deal. Border guard departments deal with tens of thousands of people passing every day, so dozen coming through each year with only pants on them via some remote mountain or forest isn’t really a big deal. Those few don’t really create “illegal immigration” that matters in big picture and in modern society, have no way of staying covert without papers for too long, anyway. People need jobs and place to live and occasional healthcare and bank accounts and so on. It’s very difficult for illegals to get that.
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